ECHO
FROM BEGINNER TO THE HIGH LATITUDES
I’m Echo, a sailor, skipper, sailing instructor and founder of Windward Sailing.
I started learning to sail in my 40s. In 2025, I sailed my own yacht, Mulan, to Svalbard, reaching approximately 79°N. In 2026, I reached East Greenland with an all-female crew of two.
Mulan is both my home and the boat carrying my five-year journey through the high latitudes. Next comes a planned Northwest Passage expedition in 2027.
MY JOURNEY
2015 — LEARNING TO SAIL
I began as a complete beginner, learning new skills and discovering a different way to experience the world.
2016 — MY FIRST MULAN
As I continued my sailing training, I bought my first yacht: a 30-foot boat named Mulan. Having my own boat gave me more opportunities to practise—and more responsibility.
THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED — BUILDING EXPERIENCE
Through structured training, night sailing, offshore passages and time aboard different boats, I developed my skills and went on to become a sailing instructor.
2025 — NORTH TO SVALBARD
My new Garcia Exploration 45, Mulan, was launched in France. Her first expedition season took us north through the UK, Scotland and Norway to Svalbard.
2026 — EAST GREENLAND
With two women on board, we sailed through Scotland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland before crossing to East Greenland. We navigated among icebergs and explored remote fjords.
2027 — THE NEXT CHAPTER
Preparations are underway for a route through Greenland and the Canadian Arctic, with the Northwest Passage and Alaska as our objectives.
EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUND
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Sailing instructor based in Sydney
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Founder of Windward Sailing
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Owner and skipper of SV Mulan, a Garcia Exploration 45
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Experience sailing more than 20 boat types
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Offshore passages across the North Sea and North Atlantic
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High-latitude sailing in Svalbard and East Greenland
Before sailing, I worked as an English teacher and later in accounting. Learning to sail opened a new chapter in my life.
ELEVEN YEARS TO GREENLAND
When I began learning to sail in 2015, I was starting from zero.
There were courses to take, skills to practise and boats to learn. Over time, the passages grew longer, and I took on more responsibility: navigation, weather, maintenance and decisions for the people on board.
In 2026, eleven years after I started, I sailed my own boat to East Greenland.
Getting there meant crossing the sea between Iceland and Greenland, then finding our way through waters where icebergs became part of everyday navigation. Beyond Tasiilaq, we explored Sermilik Fjord and Johan Petersen Fjord. I went ashore and walked on a glacier.
Looking back, I can trace the journey through the steps that made it possible: learning to sail, owning my first boat, continuing my training and gaining experience at sea.
Greenland was a remarkable destination. It also showed me how far those years of learning had taken me.
That is what I hope to share through this expedition: the places Mulan reaches, and the work, learning and decisions that carry us there.
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
In 2027, Mulan’s planned route leads back to Greenland and west toward the Canadian Arctic.
There is more to learn, more to prepare and another season ahead.